Mark Logan MP FLY-tipping campaigner and Bolton North East MP Mark Logan has been re-elected as vice-chairman of a parliamentary litterbusting group. The MP is a member of the Tidy Britain All Party Parliament Group (APPG), a collective dedicated to protecting the environment. Mr Logan is hoping to end illegal waste dumping and raise awareness for local environmental issues in Bolton North East. The Conservative MP has said he is appalled by recent reports of flytipping across his constituency during lockdown, with increasing reports of personal protective equipment related litter and anti-social behaviour. The Tidy Britain APPG has recently launched a campaign to tackle this issue, providing free campaign resources to local authorities.
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The Scottish government’s newly established seafood task force needs to take decisive action to save the industry from ‘relentless bureaucracy’ and protect jobs, urged Scotland’s fisheries minister.
Millions of pounds worth of government funding could be heading to Swindon to help prevent flooding. The borough council has submitted a bid to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs’ flood and coastal resilience innovation programme in a bid to secure up to £6m for flood mitigation measures in Wanborough, Highworth, Abbey Meads, Taw Hill and Haydon End. Proposals include retro-fitting drainage systems and natural flood management in the areas to reduce flood risk and reduce the council’s carbon footprint. Gary Sumner, cabinet member for strategic infrastructure, transport and planning, said: “Flooding can be devastating for communities and we have seen here in Swindon in recent years how major flood events can cause huge problems for residents.
CUMBRIA Wildlife Trust has said its disappointed in the Government s decision to reverse a ban on pesticides that contain neonicotinoids, which it says kill Bees. The trust says its opposed to the decision, this month, by Secretary of State for The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, to allow the emergency authorisation to use products containing a neonicotinoid to treat sugar beet seed because of the potential danger posed to the 2021 crop from beet yellows virus . A spokesman for the trust said: We re so disappointed by the government s decision to allow the emergency use of Neonicotinoids. These harmful pesticides are known to kill bees and were banned in 2018.